The 9 days of Kali - Day 1

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Really " Some of the names are not quite so easy on the tongue" ,

thanks for this good email Nanda <chandimaakijai >

escreveu:

Henny said:So I read, and then sang the names, or rather, they

gradually started to sing themselves.And I felt so much lighter and

happier.

Dear Henny and all,

Writing this post after chanting the 1008 names, and like you I too

feel lighter and happier. Speaking about singing the names, have you

heard Maa chant them (it is in a CD) ? I always feel a thrill through

my body when I hear the opening bars of "Smashanakalika

Kaaaliiiiiiiiiii" ... Very haunting and otherworldly. Well , Maa's

voice is always beautiful, but there is something about Kali that

makes the chant very moving.

So this is the first time that I chanted the Kali sahasranam by

myself. I have only so far chanted this text in a group setting with

Swamiji or someone else leading the text. So chanting by myself for

the first time, here are a few observations ...

1) One of the names of Kali(name no 103) is CHANDI (YIPPEEE, CHANDI MAA KI JAAAAAI)

2)Chanting a sahasranam is a lot easier than chanting a text like the

Chandi for example. Since this is a list of names, it almost feels

like I am doing a roll-call of sorts .

3) Some of the names are not quite so easy on the tongue. Maa Kali has

some names that are 16 syllables long . I think the really long ones

start towards the end - like name 790

yavaayaakasinduuraraktacandanaruupadhrk

yikes, I went, how am I gonna get THAT name? Then when I looked at the

meaning of the name that Swamiji has so kindly provided, I could

identify and break it into more identifiable terms.rakta - means

redcandana - means sandalsinduur- red vermillion (remember we offer

this to the deity during puja as well)ruupa - means formyavaayaa- is

a derivative of "yauvan" which means youthful.

So lo and behold , the name can then be broken out as

yavaayaa-vaka-sinduura-rakta-candana-ruupa-dhrk

Makes it easy on the eye. The meanings of the words really helps !!! Thank you Swamiji!

Thats it from me! Hope you are all chanting. Do post and let us keep the bhav of Kali alive.

JAI KALI

Nanda

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

i enjoy chanting with shree maa the 1000 names. i have her singing on

cassette tape. i sang yesterday with her and then batteries wore down

and i just kept going. i love the melody that she sings the names

to--it is simple and lovely and easy for me to follow. thereafter, i

was able to just sing the rest of the names by myself with no trouble

because i knew the melody. i appreciated that. having chanted this a few

times before the names are not hard now. but what i really appreciate

is how the text is printed. there are only one or two complete lines

(stanzas?) on each page of the kali text by swamiji (along with the

individual breakdown of the names), so it 'feels' like it goes a bit

quickly because i am turning the pages often.

 

anyway, that's my experience from yesterday.

 

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Be Love,

Egyirba

http://www.egyirba.net

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and where to love. Nobody is rational about love. Rational thought

hinders love. Love is a sudden uprising in the heart. Love is an

unavoidable, unobstructable longing for oneness. There is no logic in

this. It is beyond logic." --Ammachi, "Awaken Children," Vol.5, p70